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One that got away, stays
May 20, 2008
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Basehor — His name is Casper, and he should have been served on somebody’s dinner plate a long time ago.
Instead, the white, 2-year-old, 5-pound Aurora tilapia glides slowly through the water in a display tank at Cal-Ann Farms in Basehor. He’s the first fish that visitors usually see when they go to the tilapia fish farm operated by the Meyer family.
Casper is still alive because of his intelligence and persistence. He continuously escaped the net on “harvest day,” the day Meyer pulls tilapia out of a tank to be taken to markets.
“Tilapia are a lot more intelligent fish than a lot of the freshwater species in this area,” Jeff Meyer said. “They’ll do everything they can to keep from getting caught. When they know somebody is coming after them they’ll go down and lie on the bottom.”
Casper escaped so often that when he was finally caught, he was repeatedly returned to the tank. Eventually he became so big that he was a threat to eat the smaller fish and was placed in the display tank.
“He’s gotten to be somewhat of a pet,” Meyer said. “We were surprised at how docile he was. He had just been handled so many times.”
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20 May 2008 at 2:30 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Photo?
20 May 2008 at 6:14 a.m.
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warthog (Anonymous) says…
Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Photo?
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omg! i knew we were forgetting something!
Yeah, a photo would have been nice, lol.
I'm reminded of a joke about a farmer with a three legged pig. The pig had performed various heroic deeds for the old famer and when a stranger asked why he was missing a leg, the farmer says, “Well, you don't eat a pig like that all at once.”
Way to go Casper! Ya beat the system, buddy!
20 May 2008 at 7:22 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
well heck, no photos of famous Tilapia to be found, so let's subtitute this one of Bubba, the 22 lb lobster.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/0…